Table or desk for holding dies.



m. 695,05l. Patented Mar 'u, I902.

H. B. HOLLIS. TABLE 0R DESK FOR HOLDING DIES.

(Application filed Mar. 2, 1900 Renewed Aug. 12, 1901.) (No Model.)

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HENRY B. HOLLIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

TABLE OR DESK'FOR HOLDING DIES.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters Patent No. 695,051, dated March11, 1902. Application filed March 2, 1900. Renewed August 12, 1901.Serial No. 71,814. (No model.)

To all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY B. HOLLIS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of'New York,have invented a certain new and useful Table or Desk for Holding Dies,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to desks, and more particularly to desksfor holding dies to be used in restaurants, hotels, &c., forprintingchecks and account-sheets, such as shown, for instance, inPatent No. 626,237.

Heretofore it has been customary to provide an independent receptacleproperly partitioned for the storage of the dies used in printing thechecks used in restaurants, hotels, (be. This construction, however, hasbeen found to be unsatisfactoryin many ways and notablyin the fact thatif the receptacle containing the dies is upset the contents of the sameis thrown on the floor, and the dies being thus scattered it requiresconsiderable time to replace same in their regular order in the saidreceptacle. Moreover, in thus being upset the dies are frequentlydamaged, and consequently have to be replaced at considerable expenseand annoyance.

To obviate the above-mentioned disagreeable features is the object of myinvention; and to that end my invention consists of thehereinafter-described combination of cooperative elements.

While the construction shown in the accompanying drawings is believed tobe the one best suited to carry out the purposes of my invention,constructional changes may of course be made without departing from thespirit of my invention.

In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a desk embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the removable pad. Fig. 3is a sectional View on the line a b of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectionalView on the line 061 of Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thedifferent views.

I shall describe a desk-table for holding dies embodying myinvention andafterward point out the novel features in the claim.

1 indicates a support, herein shown as a desk or counter of any suitableconstruction, pro vided with a flat or slanting top 2.

3 is an upright aperture in the top 2 of the support, provided at thebottom with a continuous surrounding horizontal groove 4:. This groove 4extends through the front wall 5 of the aperture-mere the front of thedesk so as to permit the insertion into said groove of the independentand removable plate 6. The latter is formed with a surrounding edge orframe 7, adapted to rest and be housed within the groove 4, and withinthis frame is secured an inking-pad 6 A framework of cells inpigeonholes 8 is" now inserted in the aperture 3, the parts being soconstructed that the upper surface 8 of the framework is flush with thetop 2 of the support, so as not to interfere with the use of the latteras a desk, while the pad 6 of the plate 6 forms a bottom for all thecells, so as to make it a re ceptacle for the dies 9. These are providedat their lower edges with type or symbol-faces, which are thus caused torest on the inkingpad 6, so that the printing-surfaces are continuallykept inked and in condition for constant use. The upper ends or handlesof the dies, as shown, will project out of the cells, so that they mayeasily be grasped by the checker.

The advantages of the construction as pointed out herein over theindependent receptacle are numerous, it being, for instance, a mucheasier matter to renew the inkingpad when it gives out than inreceptacles where the bottom is formed with the side walls.

My construction forms an easy, simple, in= expensive, stable, and firmmeans for storing the dies and in practical utility far surpasses theindependent die-box.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- Theherein-described receptacle for dies, the same comprising asubstantially fiat support having in its top an upright aperture whichis provided at its bottom with a surrounding groove opening out throughthe front of said support, a plate removably inserted from the frontinto said groove and consisting of a frame surrounding and attaehed toan inking-pad which latter is of the I .size of said aperture, and aframework of cells removably inserted in the aperture and of a depthsufficient to stand flush with the 5 top of the support when it restsupon said plate, all substantially as herein shown and described.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork,.this 28th day of February, A. D. 1900.

- HENRY B. HOLLIS. Witnesses:

GEO. W. BLUNT, O. E. BRIGHUN.

